2021 Oval Invincibles season

Coach

Tom Moody
(Men's team)

Jonathan Batty
(Women's team)

Captain

Sam Billings
(Men's team)

Dane van Niekerk
(Women's team)

Overseas player

Colin Ingram

Sunil Narine

Tabraiz Shamsi
(Men's team)

Shabnim Ismail

Marizanne Kapp

Dane van Niekerk
(Women's team)

Ground(s)The Oval

Oval Invincibles

2021 season

Coach

Tom Moody
(Men's team)

Jonathan Batty
(Women's team)

Captain

Sam Billings
(Men's team)

Dane van Niekerk
(Women's team)

Overseas player

Colin Ingram

Sunil Narine

Tabraiz Shamsi
(Men's team)

Shabnim Ismail

Marizanne Kapp

Dane van Niekerk
(Women's team)

Ground(s)

The Oval

The Hundred (Men's)

4th

The Hundred (Women's)

Winners

Most runs

Jason Roy: 186 (Men's team)
Dane van Niekerk: 259 (Women's team)

Most wickets

Sam Curran: 10 (Men's team)
Tash Farrant: 18 (Women's team)

Most catches

Laurie Evans: 5 (Men's team)
Grace Gibbs & Alice Capsey: 6 (Women's team)

2022 →

The 2021 season was the Oval Invincibles' first season of the new franchise 100-ball cricket tournament, The Hundred. The women's team won the tournament, while the men's team finished 4th.

Men's side

The eight franchises were allowed to select one centrally-contracted Test player from their affiliated counties. In the case of the Invincibles, this gave them first refusal of any Kent or Surrey Test player, and led to the selection of Sam Curran.^[1]

Then, once each team had chosen a Test player, any remaining Test player would be automatically allocated to his ‘home’ franchise, meaning Surrey's Rory Burns also joined the side.^[2]

For the first season of the Hundred only, the franchises were also given first refusal to draft two "local icons": high-profile players who played for one of their affiliated counties. The Invincibles selected Surrey stars Jason Roy (£125,000) and Tom Curran (£75,000).

The Surrey contingent grew with the draft, with four additions bringing the total to eight. Fast bowler Reece Topley was signed for £60,000, opener Will Jacks followed in the £40,000 round and Laurie Evans was picked up in the £30,000 round. All-rounder Jordan Clark was drafted in February for an undisclosed amount.^[3]

Kent were initially represented with the drafting of Alex Blake (£40,000) and Sam Billings (£100,000), who was named team captain. Then, shortly before the beginning of the tournament, a third Kent player, Jordan Cox, was added to the ranks as a wildcard, a secondary draft held shortly before the start of the tournament which gives teams the chance to select players who had impressed in the recent T20 Blast season.

The franchises were allowed to draft three overseas players. West Indies star Sunil Narine was, along with Jason Roy, the Invincibles' most expensive acquisition at £125,000.

In the initial 2019 draft, they selected Nepal's Sandeep Lamichhane and West Indies' Fabian Allen but neither ultimately played for the team. By the time the postponed season began, Colin Ingram had been drafted,^[4] and he would later be joined by South African compatriot Tabraiz Shamsi, a late replacement for Lamichhane, who had had visa issues.^[5]

Bold denotes players with international caps.

S/N	Name	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
9	Will Jacks	(1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
10	Alex Blake	(1989-01-25) 25 January 1989 (age 37)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
17	Rory Burns	(1990-08-26) 26 August 1990 (age 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Centrally Contracted player
20	Jason Roy	(1990-07-21) 21 July 1990 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
32	Laurie Evans	(1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All Rounders
16	Jordan Clark	(1990-10-14) 14 October 1990 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
41	Colin Ingram	(1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 (age 40)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
58	Sam Curran	(1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 27)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Centrally Contracted player
59	Tom Curran	(1995-03-12) 12 March 1995 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Local Icon player
74	Sunil Narine	(1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 37)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Wicketkeepers
7	Sam Billings	(1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 34)	Right-handed	—	Captain
22	Jordan Cox	(2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 25)	Right-handed	—	Wildcard pick
Pace bowlers
8	Saqib Mahmood	(1997-02-25) 25 February 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
23	Reece Topley	(1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 32)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
44	Brandon Glover	(1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
Spin bowlers
26	Tabraiz Shamsi	(1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 36)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm unorthodox	Overseas player
72	Nathan Sowter	(1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break

Women's side

Bold denotes players with international caps.

S/N	Name	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
1	Georgia Adams	(1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
35	Fran Wilson	(1991-11-07) 7 November 1991 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Centrally Contracted player
All Rounders
23	Jo Gardner	(1997-03-25) 25 March 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
26	Alice Capsey	(2004-08-11) 11 August 2004 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
81	Dane van Niekerk	(1993-05-24) 24 May 1993 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Captain; Overseas player
Wicketkeepers
8	Sarah Bryce	(2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 26)	Right-handed	—
17	Rhianna Southby	(2000-10-16) 16 October 2000 (age 25)	Right-handed	—
Pace bowlers
7	Marizanne Kapp	(1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
18	Eva Gray	(2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
53	Tash Farrant	(1996-05-29) 29 May 1996 (age 29)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
61	Grace Gibbs	(1995-05-01) 1 May 1995 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
89	Shabnim Ismail	(1988-10-05) 5 October 1988 (age 37)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas player
Spin bowlers
6	Megan Belt	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
19	Danielle Gregory	(1998-12-04) 4 December 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
22	Mady Villiers	(1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break

League Stage

Men's results

July

22 July 2021
18:30 (N)
Scorecard

Oval Invincibles
145/8 (100 balls)

v

Manchester Originals
136/7 (100 balls)

Sam Billings 49 (30)
Fred Klaassen 3/23 (15 balls)

Carlos Brathwaite 37 (29)
Nathan Sowter 2/18 (15 balls)

Oval Invincibles won by 9 runs
The Oval, London
Attendance: 18,126^[6]
Umpires: David Millns and Martin Saggers
Player of the match: Sam Billings (Oval Invincibles)

Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Manchester Originals 0.

25 July 2021
14:30
Scorecard

Oval Invincibles

v

London Spirit

No result
Lord's, London
Umpires: Rob Bailey and Peter Hartley

London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible due to rain.
Points: London Spirit 1, Oval Invincibles 1.

31 July 2021
18:00 (N)
Scorecard

Oval Invincibles
127/6 (100 balls)

v

Northern Superchargers
128/4 (97 balls)

Jason Roy 52* (43)
Adil Rashid 3/13 (20 balls)

Chris Lynn 48 (48)
Saqib Mahmood 2/19 (20 balls)

Northern Superchargers won by 6 wickets
Headingley, Leeds
Attendance: 10,859^[7]
Umpires: Nick Cook and Alex Wharf
Player of the match: Harry Brook (Northern Superchargers)

Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Oval Invincibles 0.

August

2 August 2021
18:30 (N)
Scorecard

Welsh Fire
121/7 (100 balls)

v

Oval Invincibles
125/4 (93 balls)

Ben Duckett 65 (52)
Tom Curran 3/29 (20 balls)

Sam Billings 40* (34)
James Neesham 2/23 (20 balls)

Oval Invincibles won by 6 wickets
The Oval, London
Attendance: 21,279^[8]
Umpires: Neil Mallender and Alex Wharf
Player of the match: Sam Billings (Oval Invincibles)

Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Welsh Fire 0.

4 August 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard

Oval Invincibles
172/3 (100 balls)

v

Birmingham Phoenix
174/4 (94 balls)

Colin Ingram 81* (43)
Pat Brown 2/34 (20 balls)

Moeen Ali 49 (26)
Saqib Mahmood 2/34 (20 balls)

Birmingham Phoenix won by 6 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Peter Hartley and Russell Warren
Player of the match: Chris Benjamin (Birmingham Phoenix)

Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Birmingham Phoenix 2, Oval Invincibles 0.

8 August 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard

Oval Invincibles
125/6 (65 balls)

v

Trent Rockets
116/8 (65 balls)

Jason Roy 56* (29)
Samit Patel 2/21 (15 balls)

Lewis Gregory 28* (12)
Sunil Narine 3/11 (10 balls)

Oval Invincibles won by 9 runs
The Oval, London
Attendance: 19,382^[9]
Umpires: Nick Cook and Nigel Llong
Player of the match: Jason Roy (Oval Invincibles)

Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 65 balls per side due to rain.
Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Trent Rockets 0.

14 August 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard

London Spirit
146/7 (100 balls)

v

Oval Invincibles
147/8 (95 balls)

Eoin Morgan 41 (20)
Tabraiz Shamsi 3/25 (20 balls)

Laurie Evans 67* (37)
Brad Wheal 2/23 (20 balls)

Oval Invincibles won by 2 wickets
The Oval, London
Umpires: Nick Cook and Neil Mallender
Player of the match: Laurie Evans (Oval Invincibles)

London Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Oval Invincibles 2, London Spirit 0.

16 August 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard

Oval Invincibles
134/7 (100 balls)

v

Southern Brave
135/4 (95 balls)

Alex Blake 44* (28)
Jake Lintott 3/14 (20 balls)

Colin de Grandhomme 40* (28)
Tom Curran 1/8 (15 balls)

Southern Brave won by 6 wickets
Rose Bowl, Southampton
Umpires: Rob Bailey and Martin Saggers
Player of the match: Alex Davies (Southern Brave)

Southern Brave won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Brave 2, Oval Invincibles 0.

Women's results

July

21 July 2021
18:30 (N)
Scorecard

Manchester Originals
135/6 (100 balls)

v

Oval Invincibles
139/5 (98 balls)

Lizelle Lee 42 (39)
Tash Farrant 3/25 (20 balls)

Dane van Niekerk 56* (42)
Kate Cross 3/28 (18 balls)

Oval Invincibles won by 5 wickets
The Oval, London
Umpires: Sue Redfern and Tim Robinson
Player of the match: Dane van Niekerk (Oval Invincibles)

Manchester Originals won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Manchester Originals 0.

25 July 2021
11:00
Scorecard

Oval Invincibles
132/7 (100 balls)

v

London Spirit
117/7 (100 balls)

Alice Capsey 59 (41)
Naomi Dattani 2/23 (15 balls)

Heather Knight 40 (29)
Dane van Niekerk 3/30 (20 balls)

Oval Invincibles won by 15 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Anna Harris and Graham Lloyd
Player of the match: Alice Capsey (Oval Invincibles)

London Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Oval Invincibles 2, London Spirit 0.

31 July 2021
14:30
Scorecard

Northern Superchargers
109/8 (100 balls)

v

Oval Invincibles
105/4 (100 balls)

Alice Davidson-Richards 42 (30)
Alice Capsey 2/9 (20 balls)

Sarah Bryce 29 (33)
Alice Davidson-Richards 2/17 (20 balls)

Northern Superchargers won by 4 runs
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: Anna Harris and Steve O'Shaughnessy
Player of the match: Alice Davidson-Richards (Northern Superchargers)

Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Northern Superchargers 2, Oval Invincibles 0.

August

2 August 2021
15:00
Scorecard

Welsh Fire
112/6 (100 balls)

v

Oval Invincibles
100/9 (100 balls)

Georgia Redmayne 30 (29)
Dane van Niekerk 1/10 (20 balls)

Grace Gibbs 21 (22)
Hayley Matthews 3/23 (20 balls)

Welsh Fire won by 12 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: Graham Lloyd and Sue Redfern
Player of the match: Sarah Taylor (Welsh Fire)

Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Welsh Fire 2, Oval Invincibles 0.

4 August 2021
15:30
Scorecard

Birmingham Phoenix
129/9 (100 balls)

v

Oval Invincibles
133/2 (97 balls)

Erin Burns 45 (28)
Tash Farrant 3/23 (20 balls)

Dane van Niekerk 67* (51)
Kirstie Gordon 2/20 (20 balls)

Oval Invincibles won by 8 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Jasmine Naeem and Martin Saggers
Player of the match: Tash Farrant (Oval Invincibles)

Birmingham Phoenix won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Oval Invincibles 2, Birmingham Phoenix 0.

8 August 2021
15:30
Scorecard

Trent Rockets

v

Oval Invincibles

No result
The Oval, London
Umpires: Rob Bailey and Sarah Bartlett

Trent Rockets won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible due to rain.
Points: Oval Invincibles 1, Trent Rockets 1.

14 August 2021
15:30
Scorecard

London Spirit
103/9 (100 balls)

v

Oval Invincibles
107/2 (87 balls)

Tammy Beaumont 42 (34)
Marizanne Kapp 2/12 (20 balls)

Georgia Adams 37* (34)
Charlie Dean 1/24 (17 balls)

Oval Invincibles won by 8 wickets
The Oval, London
Umpires: Anna Harris and Tim Robinson
Player of the match: Georgia Adams (Oval Invincibles)

Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Oval Invincibles 2, London Spirit 0.

16 August 2021
15:30
Scorecard

Southern Brave
115/3 (100 balls)

v

Oval Invincibles
85 (94 balls)

Sophia Dunkley 58* (39)
Tash Farrant 2/22 (20 balls)

Dane van Niekerk 31 (32)
Amanda-Jade Wellington 4/12 (20 balls)

Southern Brave won by 30 runs
Rose Bowl, Southampton
Umpires: Nick Cook and Jasmine Naeem
Player of the match: Sophia Dunkley (Southern Brave)

Oval Invincibles won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Brave 2, Oval Invincibles 0.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Birmingham Phoenix	8	6	2	0	12	1.087
2	Southern Brave	8	5	2	1	11	0.034
3	Trent Rockets	8	5	3	0	10	0.035
4	Oval Invincibles	8	4	3	1	9	0.123
5	Northern Superchargers	8	3	4	1	7	0.510
6	Manchester Originals	8	2	4	2	6	−0.361
7	Welsh Fire	8	3	5	0	6	−0.827
8	London Spirit	8	1	6	1	3	−0.641

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Southern Brave	8	7	1	0	14	1.056
2	Oval Invincibles	8	4	3	1	9	0.015
3	Birmingham Phoenix	8	4	4	0	8	0.186
4	London Spirit	8	4	4	0	8	0.046
5	Manchester Originals	8	3	4	1	7	0.016
6	Northern Superchargers	8	3	4	1	7	−0.041
7	Trent Rockets	8	3	4	1	7	−0.293
8	Welsh Fire	8	2	6	0	4	−1.017

2021 Oval Invincibles season

Men's side

Women's side

League Stage

Men's results

July

August

Women's results

July

August

Standings

Men

Women

Knockout stages

Women

Eliminator

Final

References

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